Imagine...your teen goes to Driver’s Ed and the instructor never leaves his desk, hands your child car keys and says, “I don’t have anything planned for today, do whatever you want.” Would you feel like they are getting the practice, education and exposure they need to be a responsible driver? Why then do parents let their teens walk out the door to go on a date with no agenda, no plan and no idea what they are supposed to be learning?
Segment Two in Driver’s Ed is all about the experience…with supervision. A healthy, fully developed adult brain over the age of 25 is sitting right there in the seat beside the jittery teen making sure their emotions don’t run them into the neighbor’s mailbox. The goal is to expose them to every possible driving scenario with an instructor to equip them for the open road on their own someday. What are the tools we can give our teens to learn to drive or date more intentionally? Is it all in the head knowledge and everything can be taught from a book? Or do we buckle them up and allow them to experience some of the thrills and fears of the actual hours logged?
There is a great quote that sheds light on the pathway to responsibility when it comes to both dating and driving. “If you fail to plan, plan to fail.” These words of wisdom only work when put into action. What plan do you and you student have in place to make their dating exposure have the best possible outcome?
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